A local potential
A) does not occur until threshold.
B) transmits information from one cell to another.
C) might be a depolarization event but cannot be a hyperpolarization event.
D) increases or decreases in direct proportion to the stimulus strength.
E) does not alter resting membrane potential.

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Local potentials vary in magnitude (increase or decrease) directly in proportion to the strength of the stimulus, unlike action potentials which are all-or-nothing responses once the threshold is reached.

A Local Potential